Music-leaf turner.



No. 891,681. I 'PATBNTED JUNE 23, 1908. R. B. EBERSOLE.

MUSIC LEAF TURNER.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 21. 1907.

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ante/1A loz PATENTED JUNE 23, 1908.

R. E. EBBRSOLE.

MUSIC LEAF TURNER. APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 21. 1907.

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noemtoz )Laplaej? eraaie RAPHAEL E. EBERSOLE, OF ROANOKE, INDIANA.

MUSIC-LEAF TURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 23, 1908;

Application filed. March 21, 1907. Serial No. 363,684.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RAPHAEL E. EBER- SOLE, a citizen of'the UnitedStates, residing at Roanoke, in the county of Huntington and State ofIndiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Music-LeafTurners, of which the followin is a specification.

This invention re ates to a music leaf turner of that type in which aplurality of clasp carrying arms are employed to turn the leaves of themusic by actuators arranged conveniently close to the keyboard of theinstrument.

The invention has for one of its objects to improve and simplify theconstruction of devices of this character so as to be easy andconvenient to operate, comparatively inexpensive to manufacture andcomposed of few parts so arranged as not to be readily gotten out oforder.

A further object of the invention is the employment of a plurality ofactuating shafts mounted on the music holder and rovided withclasp-carrying arms whereby t e leaves of the music can be quicklyturned.

With these objects in view and others, as will appear as the descriptionproceeds, the invention comprises the various novel features ofconstruction and arrangement of parts which will be more fully describedherematter and set forth with particularity in the claims appendedhereto.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one of the embodiments ofthe invention, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the music leaf turner.Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view of one of the clasps. Fig. 3 1s adetail view of the bearing for the actuators or arm-carrying shafts.Fig. 4 is a front elevation of another form of music leaf turner. Fig. 5is a detail plan view of the adjustable bearing for the shafts. Fig. 6is a detail sectional view of one of the shafts showing the telesco ingsections thereof.

Sim ar reference characters are employed to designate similar partsthroughout the several views.

Referring to the drawing, 1 represents a music holder of any desiredform having a rest or ledge 2 at its lower edge on which the bottom ofthe sheet music rests. At the upper edge of the holder 1 and located atabout the center is a bearing 3 that cooperates with openings 4 in therest 2 to rotatably support aplurality of vertical shafts 5 to formactuators for the arms 6, whereby the leaves are turned. Each shaft 5comprises a rod of metal of which the arm 6 thereof is an integral part.011 the free ends of the arm 6 V are clasps 7 of any suitable formhaving jaws 8, as shown in Fig, 2. between which the leaves of music aregripped. The rods 5 are of different lengths and extend below the rest2, where they are formed into cranks 9 disposed one above another, sothat the shafts 5 can be turned without one crank interfering withanother.

On the back 1 of the holder is arranged a stop 10, that engages theelbows or bends of the shafts 5 and cooperates with the bearing 3 so asto prevent longitudinal movement of the shafts. The clasps 7 are freelyadjustable on the arm 6 so as to adapt the holder to music sheets ofdifferent sizes.

In practice, the music holder is positioned on the piano above thekeyboard in the usual manner so that the operating cranks 9 will beconveniently accessible to the player. The sheet music is then placed onthe holder and the leaves of the music fastened to the clasps 5 inproper order. Normally all of the op erating cranks 9 are turned to theright and when it is desired to turn the first leaf, the lowermost crankis moved to the left, thereby causing the first arm 6 to swing throughone hundred and eighty degrees, thus exposing a new page of music. Inthis manner, the leaves of the music are successively turned and shouldit be desired to repeat, the lowermost crank 9 is turned to the right soas to carry therewith the rest of the cranks, it being observed that theeyes on the ends of the cranks are arranged to overlap the adjacentcranks.

In order to adapt the music holder for music of different verticaldimensions, the shafts 5 are each composed of telescopic sections 11 and12, as shown in Figs. 4 and 6,

the lower section having collars 13, disposed on opposite sides of therest 2 so as to prevent longitudinal movement, the upper section 12being provided with a clip carrying arm, as will be readily understood.

-To enable the upper sections to be moved vertically an adjustablebearing is provided. As shown in Fig. 4, this bearing 14 is mounted on aplate 15 that is adjustable vertically by means of a clampin nut 16arranged in a vertical slot 17 in the Ioody 1 of the holder. The nutcooperating with a clamping screw 18 passing through the plate 15 andbeing threaded in the nut as shown clearly in Fig.

5. The plate 15 has a stop 19 that engages the elbow between the shafts5 and their respective clip carrying arms 6. By loosening the clampingscrew 18, the slotted plate 15 can be raised or lowered to change theposition of the arms 6 to accommodate the music holder to any sizemusic, the telescopic sections 11 and 12 of the shafts permitting ofthis adjustment.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. In a device ofthe class described, the combination of a support, a rest thereon forthe leaves of the music, a plurality of upright shafts composed ofadjustably connected sections, arms 011 the upper sections of the shaftsand movable therewith, devices on the arms for gripping the leaves ofthe music, and means on the lower sections for independently turning theshafts.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a holder forthe music, and a ledge extending across the bottom thereof to form arest for the music and provided with a plurality of openings at itscenter, with upright shafts journaled at their lower ends 111 theopenings of the ledge and provided at their upper ends withright-angularly dis osed arms, clasps carried by and adjustableongitudinally on the arms, a common hearing on the holder engaging underthe arms to cooperate with the openings of the ledge for holding theshafts in upright position, a stop arranged on the holder and extendingover the arms to cooperate with the bearing for preventing longitudinalmovement of the shafts, and operating cranks on the lower ends of theshafts and disposed under the said ledge.

In a device of the class described, the combination of a holder, aplurality of shafts mounted thereon, each shaft composed of sections tovary the length thereof, an adjust able bearing on the holder for theshafts, and arms on the shafts, and devices adjustably mounted on thearms for engagement with the leaves of the music.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RAPHAEL E. EBERSOLE.

I/Vitnesses:

W. L. ZENT, M. KooN'rz.

